Corn Refiners don't not admit to mercury finding

Corn Refiners don't not admit to mercury finding

Responding to yesterday's report (http://sumocat.blogspot.com/2009/01/sweetened-with-mercury.html) that high fructose corn syrup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_fructose_corn_syrup) is often tainted with mercury, The Corn Refiners Association issued a statement that includes this fierce retort.

[Our industry has used mercury-free versions of the two re-agents mentioned in the study, hydrochloric acid and caustic soda, for several years.] (http://www.hfcsfacts.com/HFCS-Mercury-Study-Outdated.html)

That makes me feel better. Except they left out the word "only" or "exclusively" or something to indicate they don't also use mercury-grade re-agents. I've been using a Tablet PC for years. That doesn't mean I don't use a desktop at work. See, the reports claimed mercury was found in many samples of food and HFCS, not all samples, so claiming to use mercury-free re-agents doesn't refute the finding.

More troubling is their claim they've been using mercury-free reagents "for several years." So what was going on before the past several years? Was all HFCS processed using mercury-grade re-agents before then? HFCS has been on the market for 25 years and you've been using mercury-free re-agents for only the past several years? How is that good news?

Other parties have commented, including ConAgra which points out:

["...you would have to eat more than 100 pounds of ketchup each day to even come close to reaching the EPA's safe exposure level."] (http://www.startribune.com/templates/Print_This_Story?sid=38430359)

Wow, 100 pounds each day? For how long? Ten years? One year? One day? Where's the other half of that refutal? Getting some sloppy and clumsy responses from Big Corn on this.
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